Substance Abuse Counseling Program

Basic Chemical Dependency Counselor, Level 1 Certificate

(C1_HBCD certificate offered at LSC-Houston North and LSC-Montgomery)

Total Credit Hours Required for Certificate: 25

• First Semester Credits / Units: 16

• SCWK 1321 - Orientation to Social Services Credit Hours: 3
• DAAC 1311 - Counseling Theories Credit Hours: 3
• DAAC 1417 - Basic Counseling Skills Credit Hours: 4
• DAAC 1304 - Pharmacology of Addiction Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 1300 - Learning Framework: 1st Year Experience Credit Hours: 3

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  Second Semester Credits / Units: 9

• DAAC 2354 - Dynamics of Group Counseling Credit Hours: 3
• DAAC 2341 - Counseling Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions Credit Hours: 3
• DAAC 2360 - Clinical-Alcohol/Drug Counseling Credit Hours: 3

Human Services - Substance Abuse Counseling Concentration, AAS

[AAS_HSSA offered at LSC-Houston North and LSC-Montgomery]

Prerequisite: Completion of Basic Chemical Dependency Counselor, Level 1 Certificate

Total Credit Hours Required for Degree: 60

• Second Semester Credits / Units: 6

• DAAC 1319 - Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I Credit Hours: 3

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  Third Semester Credits / Units: 14

• PSYC 2301 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• Elective - Life & Physical Sciences   Credits / Units: 4

• Recommended: BIOL 1408 - Biology I for Non-Science Majors 

• SOCI 1301 - Principles of Sociology Credit Hours: 3
• Any one credit hour physical activity course
  Recommended PHED 1164 - Introduction to Physical Fitness & Wellness   Credits / Units: 1
• Technical Elective Credits / Units: 3

• Complete course from any of the following subjects

  • CMSW, DAAC, SCWK, GERS

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  Fourth Semester Credits / Units: 15

• SCWK 2331 - Abnormal Behavior Credit Hours: 3
• Introduction to Computers Credits / Units: 3

• Complete one course from the following:

  • ITSC 1301 - Introduction to Computers  
  • COSC 1301 - Introduction to Computers  
• Elective - Government Credits / Units: 3

• Complete one of the following:

  • GOVT 2305 - Federal Government 
  • GOVT 2306 - Texas Government 
• Elective - Creative Arts or Language, Philosophy, & Culture  Credits / Units: 3

• Recommended: PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy  

• DAAC 1309 - Assessment of Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Credit Hours: 3 Program Capstone